Sunday, January 30, 2011

The most popular Irish newspaper on facebook is...

The evening Echo is Ireland's most popular newspaper on facebook. The Cork-based paper tops the list with nearly 9,000 fans. I'm also happy to say that the Cork Independent is the second most popular newspaper in Ireland, with 8,349 fans. They both are easily more popular than any national newspaper on the social networking website. They are also more popular than any Irish politician on facebook.
Despite social media's relevance in modern Ireland, many newspapers haven't engaged in the medium, with community pages with wikipedia extracts comprising their facebook pages.


Below are all Irish newspapers on facebook and the amount of fans that they have.




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Posted by Jason Kennedy at 7:35 AM
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8 comments:

  1. Robbie BJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    Ha. I though the national press would wipe the floor with local papers. Suppose it's how you use it!

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  2. Cian O'ReganJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Great post, very interesting.

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  3. Jason KennedyJanuary 30, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Cheers Cian. Much appreciated! :)

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  4. Helen Grace WalshJanuary 31, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    Hi Jason, Can you DM me a contact number via Twitter @hgwalsh or email helen.walsh@eecho.ie? I was hoping to do something this...Thanks, Helen

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  5. Jason KennedyJanuary 31, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    Cheers Helen. Just send you an email there. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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  6. Kevin O'BrienMarch 11, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Hi Jason,

    Fantastic post...I'm doing some research on local social media at the moment and this is a great compilation list!

    Did you happen to get facebook fan figures for national 'Free-local publications' for example North County leader (1,076 fans) in Dublin where I'm based?

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  7. Jason KennedyMarch 14, 2011 at 11:13 PM

    Hi Kevin,

    I got a list of newspapers from Wikipedia and looked them all up on facebook. There are a good few free local papers in there, such as the Cork Independent.
    Thanks a million for the comment and it there's anything I can help you with, please let me know.

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  8. Cian O'ReganMay 5, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    Reading this for a second time, it really is very useful.

    Any plans on doing something similar for twitter?

    I might do it myself but it wouldn’t be for a couple of weeks because of pesky exams!

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